Identification

customgreen · 11-03-2018, 08:24 AM

Trying to identify a banana that just opened. It is in my gallery. I have tried in vain to load the pics on this thread and finally gave up. Any help identifying the banana would be very much appreciated.

Botanical_Bryce · 11-03-2018, 08:41 AM

Burro / Orinoco.

customgreen · 11-03-2018, 11:33 AM

Hmm. Interesting. I have two known Orinoco banana plants and although they have not produced yet the plants don't look anything like this one. Time will tell. Thanks for the info.

Botanical_Bryce · 11-03-2018, 01:23 PM

Orinoco / burro has several forms. Tall, medium, and dwarf. I discovered and collected 7 different forms from all over Florida. The flowers and fruit are the main sign but also long petioles with closed petiole channels. Dwarf has a shorter petiole but still closed.

customgreen · 11-04-2018, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Botanical_Bryce

Orinoco / burro has several forms. Tall, medium, and dwarf. I discovered and collected 7 different forms from all over Florida. The flowers and fruit are the main sign but also long petioles with closed petiole channels. Dwarf has a shorter petiole but still closed.

This one is about ten feet tall, it has a very large base. The other two I have are much different. Relatively thin base, growing much slower, only about 7 feet tall right now, and they were in the ground months before the other one. I was told by the nursery I bought them from that they were Orinoco's. They have not produced so I have little to go on. Someone in another thread once said that misidentification is a very big problem, even by nurseries. I know that one of the blue Javas that I bought is definitely not a blue java. My previous one was and I have pups from that one. I got this one from a woman who grows them from tissue cultures (not sure where she gets them from) I just got a stalk from that plant. Fully ripe and tart with a firm texture. Very fast growing plant probably 15 feet tall, but not a Blue Java.

Tytaylor77 · 11-04-2018, 10:19 PM

Yea it’s a Musa tall Orinoco. Very common banana. I like the true dwarfs a lot better. In your area there is so many better choices.

Congrats on the bunch.

Iowa · 11-05-2018, 07:13 AM

. I have tried in vain to load the pics on this thread and finally gave up.

Your pics may be too large to load. I think they need to be 2MB or smaller.

11-03-2018, 08:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
customgreen Location: Port Charlotte FL Zone: 10 Name: Bob Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 57 BananaBucks : 11,920 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 5 Times Was Thanked 46 Times in 27 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Identification Trying to identify a banana that just opened. It is in my gallery. I have tried in vain to load the pics on this thread and finally gave up. Any help identifying the banana would be very much appreciated.

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11-03-2018, 11:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
customgreen Location: Port Charlotte FL Zone: 10 Name: Bob Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 57 BananaBucks : 11,920 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 5 Times Was Thanked 46 Times in 27 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Identification Hmm. Interesting. I have two known Orinoco banana plants and although they have not produced yet the plants don't look anything like this one. Time will tell. Thanks for the info.

11-03-2018, 01:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Botanical_Bryce Location: Inverness, Florida Zone: 9a Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 881 BananaBucks : 76,539 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 1,459 Times in 636 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Identification Orinoco / burro has several forms. Tall, medium, and dwarf. I discovered and collected 7 different forms from all over Florida. The flowers and fruit are the main sign but also long petioles with closed petiole channels. Dwarf has a shorter petiole but still closed.

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